# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Closing secret redaction and emission gaps

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple efforts to patch gaps in secret/credential redaction coverage, targeting environment variable name variants, control-character splits, process list outputs, and related emission paths. These appear to be iterative or overlapping attempts addressing the same family of redaction bypass scenarios.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #80965. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #80965 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-80965`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #77484: fix(security): emission gaps — process(list) raw, traceback in tool result, *_KEY regex miss, control-char split, ACP plain formatter

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#80965: fix(secrets): close redaction emission gaps — env-name variants, control-splits, process(list), mask_secret, checkpoint (salvage #80643 + #77768)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`, `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#77768: fix(secrets): close redaction gaps - env-name variants, control-char splits, process(list)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#80965`, `#80643`, `#77484`, `#55319`, `#55321`
- **#80643: fix(redact): close emission gaps - env suffix keys, control-char splits, process(list) (#77484)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#80965`, `#77484`, `#77768`, `#55319`, `#55321`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #80965 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.